Kim Cattrall says that acting has prevented her from holding onto relationships.

The Sex And The City actress, who ended her 5-year romance with boyfriend Alan Wyse in July, has claimed that her profession "consumes her life" and that she finds it difficult dating outside the entertainment industry, STV reports.

The 53-year-old said: "It's very hard for someone not involved in this business to really understand what it's about.

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"You work 12 hour days, and something like a series literally consumes your life. I think it's just time not there, really. But I'm still hopeful that I'll meet someone."

As for being nervous about starring in the London play Private Lives, she added: "Sometimes I think, 'Why do I have to do these scary things? ' It would be much easier just to play Samantha [Jones] for the rest of my life.

"You've been looking forward to working with this director and these actors and this play and then it comes and you think, 'Oh, f**k!' Like, 'Oh no! It's here!' You very much feel the blood coursing through your veins."